Companies That No Longer Exist

Incoporated: 1977 as Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc.

FleetBoston Financial Corporation is the eighth largest bank in the United States and the largest in New England, with…

Invensys PLC grew out of the merger in 1999 of Britain's Siebe PLC and the British manufacturing conglomerate BTR PLC.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O) began as a shipping company.

With 25 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, Coudert Brothers is an important international law firm…

Formerly known as the Générale des Eaux Group, Vivendi Universal S.A.

Société du Louvre does not run that Paris museum, but its properties are almost as distinguished.

Former building society Northern Rock plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest retail banks, and the largest…

England's fourth largest department store group, Allders plc, operates 40 department stores under the Allders…

Dürkopp Adler AG makes industrial sewing machines, including specialized automated machines for specific applications…

With more than $34 billion in assets, Memphis-based Union Planters Corporation is Tennessee's largest bank holding…

The Warnaco Group Inc.

ARBED S.A., based in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, heads an international group of 189 companies engaged in every…

France's Pechiney SA is the world's fourth largest producer and converter of aluminum, and the world's third largest…

One of the largest copper miners in the world, Phelps Dodge Corporation produces 30 percent of the copper in the United…

Originally known as The Burmah Oil Company Ltd., Burmah Castrol PLC is the oldest oil enterprise in the United Kingdom.

The fourth largest telecommunications corporation in the world, France Telecom Group is also one of the last remaining…

Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated is a national retailer with more than 400 stores in 43 states.

Unocal Corporation ranks as one of the world's largest independent energy exploration and production companies.

Anchor Brewing Company has been making unique, traditional beer in San Francisco, California, since the 1860s.

PSA Peugeot Citroen S.A.

Fast-growing Royal Numico N.V.

France's second largest company in terms of market capitalization (after France Telecom), Alcatel S.A., formerly known…

Born out of the early 20th-century mergers of three companies, GKN plc has evolved into a global industrial giant…

Marshall Field's, a division of Target Corporation, is a major mid-market to upscale department store chain operating…

The H.W.

CLARCOR Inc.

Although little known outside its industry, Dade Behring Holdings Inc.

Bestfoods is one of the largest food companies in the United States, with two main businesses: consumer foods and…

Over nearly a century of activity, Serono S.A.

Willamette Industries, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a medium-sized, diversified forest-products company.

Rexam PLC is one of the world's ten largest consumer packaging companies.

NKK Corporation is one of the world's largest steelmakers and Japan's second largest.

Mercantile Stores Company, Inc., a traditional department store retailer, operates over 100 primarily fashion apparel…

German-based MITROPA AG is Germany's fourth largest restaurant chain and one of Europe's leading caterers for people on…

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AlliedSignal Inc., formed from the acquisition of Signal Companies, Inc.

Karstadt Quelle AG is the product of the 1999 merger between German retail powerhouse Karstadt Aktiengesellschaft and…

PetroFina S.A., Belgium's largest corporation, is the 15th largest publicly traded integrated oil and gas company in…

Coles Myer Ltd.

Dissolved: 1995 Final Sales: $3.6 billion (1994) NAIC: 322291 Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing Until its…

Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.

French high-tech company SAGEM S.A.

Burdines, Inc., a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores, operates more than 50 upscale department stores, providing…

Seat Pagine Gialle S.p.A.

Talisman Energy Inc.

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI) has gone from being the premier chemical-manufacturing company of Great Britain…

Northwest Airlines Corporation is the holding company for Northwest Airlines, Inc., described as "America's oldest…

Ruhrgas AG is Germany's largest natural gas distribution company.

Wyeth is a global pharmaceutical research and manufacturing company.

Foster Wheeler Corporation is an international company overseeing a wide range of engineering and construction…

s: 51312 Television Broadcasting; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 326113 Unsupported Plastics Film and…

Reynolds Metals Company is the world's third largest aluminum and packaging company.

In the 1990s, Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (CVPS) is Vermont's largest utility.

With over 400 department stores in 33 states and a burgeoning direct-to-customer retail business, Federated Department…

Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc.

Thiokol Corporation is the world's largest producer of solid rocket motors and other parts for the aerospace and…

From its beginning as a small drilling company during the Great Depression, Kerr-McGee Corporation has grown to become…

Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK) has long stood as one of the world's largest engineering and construction…

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is a labor union based in Los Angeles with 20 branches spread across the United States,…

Jefferson Smurfit Group plc has expanded from its origins in the Irish packaging industry to become one of the world's…

Towers Perrin is one of the world's largest management consultant firms, serving about 10,000 clients, among them some…

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

Securicor Plc has its eye on global leadership in its core security and distribution businesses, which contribute 97…

Dixons Group plc is the largest specialized retailer of consumer electronics in Europe and controls more than 1,250…

Malaysian Airlines System Berhad is the holding company for Malaysia's national airline carrier, one of Asia's fastest…

Since Kazuo Tashima began using German technology to produce one camera a day in 1928, Minolta Co., Ltd.

With origins in the late 1930s, National Record Mart, Inc.

British Midland plc, the second largest airline in the United Kingdom, flies more than six million passengers a year to…

Husky Energy Inc.

In the short time that it has been a publicly traded company, Abbey National plc has grown into one of Britain's…

Aloha Airlines, Incorporated occupies a special place in the sun.

Bradley Air Services Ltd.

British World Airlines Ltd.

DynCorp, one of the largest employee-owned firms in the United States, has not been a very high-profile company, yet…

Not content to be Europe's third largest provider of natural gas, Gaz de France (GDF) is gunning for that market's top…

Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.

One of the ten largest U.S.-based movie theater chains, National Amusements Inc.

WMS Industries, Inc.

International Rectifier Corporation (IR) is the oldest independent power semiconductor manufacturer in the world.

To say that The Dow Chemical Company is a very large chemical company is an understatement.

Waterford Wedgwood plc is a holding company for two of the world's most highly respected names in tableware: Waterford…

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

Ranked number one on ENR's list of the top U.S.

National Envelope Corporation is the largest privately held envelope manufacturing company in the United States,…

Millipore Corporation, a multinational high-technology company, is a world leader in membrane separations technology…

Alberto-Culver Company markets a range of toiletry, grocery, and household brands.

The LTV Corporation is the third largest steel producer in the United States.

Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.

The June 1997 fusion of Filipacchi Medias S.A.

The Daiei, Inc.

Linens 'n Things, Inc.

Royal Nepal Airline Corporation (RNAC) is the state airline of Nepal, and one of the driving forces behind the…

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company in the…

National Semiconductor Corporation is a leading U.S.

Audiovox Corporation is an international leader in the marketing of cellular telephones, consumer electronics, auto…

Late 1920s:[fsps*2.5]Charles and Leonard form B & F Building Co.

As a company called Iowa Beef Packers, IBP, Inc.

Allied Domecq PLC is the second largest distiller of wine and spirits in the world, second only to industry leader…

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) operates as the investment banking arm of Germany's Dresdner Bank AG.

ECI Telecom Ltd.

Ames Department Stores, Inc.

Kookmin Bank is not only South Korea's leading commercial bank, it is also a driving force behind the much-needed…

PepsiAmericas, Inc.

Golden West Financial Corporation, the third largest savings and loan association, or thrift, in the United States,…

King World Productions, Inc.

An innovator in aircraft technology, Learjet Inc.

Tesoro Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company principally involved in refining, distributing, and…

Built largely through the drive and ambition of one family, American Stores Company has developed into one of the…

Sea Containers Ltd.

EADS SOCATA is the light plane division of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.

Montedison S.p.A.

Affiliated Foods Inc., headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, is a grocers' cooperative provisioning over 700 independent,…

Spar Aerospace Limited is perhaps better known for what it once was than what it is.

Ultimate Electronics, Inc.

Haifa-based Elscint Ltd.

Intergraph Corporation develops and sells software, hardware, and services for technical professionals, particularly…

London-based Logica plc provides information technology services, including management consulting, software…

Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale--WestLB for short--is a major force in the German economy and a strong competitor…

Block Drug Company, Inc.

Jones Intercable, Inc.

Koninklijke Nedlloyd N.V.

Service Merchandise Company, Inc.

In 1995 two of the world's largest financial data processing businesses--First Financial Management Corporation and…

JJB Sports plc is in the big leagues of U.K.

Mecklermedia Corporation is a small but important player in the world of the Internet, with a relatively long history…

One of the largest media companies in the world, Viacom Inc.

With more than 5.8 million subscribers in 37 U.S.

Brazil-based Aracruz Celulose S.A.

Gross Billings: $3.6 billion (2001) NAIC: 513111 Radio Networks; 513112 Radio Stations Infinity Broadcasting…

Netherlands-based PolyGram N.V.

Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc.

Amtran, Inc.

CanWest Global Communications Corporation is Canada's largest private sector television broadcaster.

Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.

Rock-Tenn Company is one of the largest U.S.

Knight Ridder, Inc.

Chi-Chi's Inc., owned by Prandium Inc., is a chain of 130 Mexican full-service restaurants that can be found in…

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of a wide range of biochemicals, organic…

Cinar Corporation produces children's television shows and markets supplemental educational materials through two…

Groupe Go Sport S.A.

Bugle Boy Industries, Inc.

Wholly owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc.

As of 1997, Comdial Corporation was the second largest U.S.

Solectron Corporation operates as the world's largest electronics manufacturing services company.

British Aerospace plc (BAe) is the largest defense contractor in Europe, as well as being a leading aerospace company.

Datek Online Holdings Corp.

A leader in its field, Hypercom Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets electronic payment hardware and…

After being acquired by Zindart, Corgi introduced Premier Models, which incorporated details not found in most die-cast…

3Com Corporation is the world's number two provider of computer networking products, systems, and services, trailing…

Originally established to provide integrated circuits (ICs) to the military, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC)…

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.

Rodamco N.V.

Founded in 1979 as a Unix consulting company, The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

Novell, Inc., is one of the largest computer networking firms in the world, offering operating software, network…

Britain's Psion PLC is reinventing itself.

Of the more than 150 U.S.

American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) designs and manufactures power protection and management solutions for…

One of the largest industrial groups in Belgium, the Cockerill Sambre Group is a medium-sized integrated steelmaking…

One of the four largest retail bookstore chains in the United States, Crown Books Corporation operates almost 200…

Fletcher Challenge Ltd., New Zealand's largest group of companies, specializes in transforming resources into…

Genzyme Corporation is a leading biotechnology company that focuses on five business areas: therapeutics, diagnostic…

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Carmike Cinemas, Inc.

Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal computers and, as a result of its acquisition…

Delaware-based MBNA Corporation is a bank holding company.

Known for 17 years as Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI is one of the leading manufacturers of graphics computer systems,…

Archrival of Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Tower Air, Inc.

Unión Fenosa, S.A.

Carlton Communications PLC has thrived for more than a decade in the cramped, highly regulated waters of the British…

Enterprise Oil PLC is the largest independent oil exploration and production company in the United Kingdom, competing…

France's Infogrames Entertainment S.A.

Midway Airlines Corporation puts an old name on one of the youngest all-jet fleets in the United States.

Artisan Entertainment Inc.

Attachmate Corporation is one of the largest privately held software companies in the world, operating as a developer…

CompUSA, Inc.

Midwest Express Holdings, Inc.

PanAmSat Corporation is a leading provider of satellite operations, serving markets in all parts of the globe.

PictureTel Corp.

Sybase, Inc.

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.

Enrich International, Inc.

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd., better known as Dragonair, is Hong Kong's second largest airline.

Youthful, hip, and fresh, Odwalla, Inc.

A holding company formed by Trust Company of Georgia in 1985, SunTrust Banks Inc.

Tee Vee Toons, Inc., better known as TVT Records, is the leading independent record company in the United States.

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Coventry was now able to grow aggressively via acquisitions; it was especially keen on buying and turning around…

General Growth Properties, Inc.

Dimension Data Holdings PLC is South Africa's leading information technology services and solutions provider.

Founded originally to develop mobile telephone service on existing radio bands, Nextel Communications, Inc.

Ottakar's plc is one of the United Kingdom's largest and fastest-growing retail booksellers.

PDI, Inc., formerly Professional Detailing, Inc., was the first company to offer product detailing services to the…

PeopleSoft Inc.

Repsol-YPF S.A.

Founded in 1987, UUNET is recognized not only as the first commercial Internet service provider (ISP), but it is also…

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

In the United States, Centennial Communications Corporation owns and operates cellular systems in two regional clusters…

Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.

EXCEL Communications Inc.

Gemplus International S.A.

From its origins as a fiber-optic network-building subsidiary of Southern Pacific Transportation Co., Qwest…

Invitrogen Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets more than 10,000 products for customers involved in life…

As Mercury's 15th anniversary approached, Landan continued to explore new business opportunities for the Sunnyvale,…

In 1990 Honeywell Inc.

Orbital Sciences Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is an unrivaled, leading-edge space technology company…

Transiciel SA in one of France's fastest-growing information technology consulting groups, claiming the number three…

AS Estonian Air is the national airline of Estonia.

All American Communications Inc.

A market leader in a fast-growing industry, Argosy Gaming Company operates five riverboat gambling casinos on the…

Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.

France's Business Objects S.A.

Anyone who uses the Internet knows Macromedia, Inc.'s products well, if not necessarily by name.

AirTran Holdings, Inc.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

Biovail Corporation is a pharmaceutical company that uses its patented controlled-release technology to improve upon…

Gardner Denver, Inc.

Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation is one of the largest privately held gaming companies in the United States.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Netscape Communications Corporation, based in Mountain View, California, is one of the leading providers of open…

One of the largest corporations in Australia, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) has built its empire through…

Raytheon Aircraft Holdings Inc.

United Defense Industries, Inc., designs, develops, and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile…

BEA Systems, Inc.

Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Knight Trading Group, Inc.

Based in Buffalo, New York, Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

British Energy Plc, in addition to being the United Kingdom's largest power generator (by producing more than 20…

EMI Group plc is the fourth largest of the world's "big six" music giants.

Bermuda-based Global Crossing Ltd., the first independent owner and operator of undersea fiber optic cables, is…

Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) owns France's railroad infrastructure.

London-based Taylor Nelson Sofres plc is the world's fourth largest market research specialist, with 150 offices in…

Vedior NV ranks among the world's largest international and temporary staffing services providers, behind leaders…

Based in Lindon, Utah, Altiris, Inc.

Formed by the 1998 merger of British Petroleum Company and Amoco Corporation, BP p.l.c.

Brasil Telecom Participaçoes S.A.

Clearwire, Inc.

Electronics Boutique Holdings Corporation is the holding company for a chain of video-game stores operating under the…

Handspring Inc.

Lakes Entertainment, Inc.

MCI WorldCom, Inc.

1539: The Sacro Monte di Pieta is founded.

As a unit of Rockwell International, the predecessor of Conexant Systems, Inc.

Golden Telecom, Inc.

JDS Uniphase Corporation is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide…

New World Pasta Company is the leading manufacturer of dried pasta in the United States.

SSL International plc is one of the United Kingdom's major healthcare companies.

Agere Systems Inc.

Cloetta Fazer AB is the Nordic region's leading manufacturer of chocolates and other confectionery.

Global media powerhouse AOL Time Warner Inc.

AU Optronics Corporation is Taiwan's largest producer of flat panel displays--that is, thin film transistor liquid…